Pro-Hardik slogans heard at Amit Shah's Patidar meet in Surat

A major chaos occurred at BJP chief Amit Shah's meeting with leaders of the Patidar community in Surat today when supporters of Hardik Patel went on a rampage, chanting his name and vandalising the furniture.The Patel leader supporters also shouted slogans like 'Hardik, Hardik.'

A major chaos occurred at BJP chief Amit Shah's meeting with leaders of the Patidar community in Surat today when supporters of Hardik Patel went on a rampage, chanting his name and vandalising the furniture.

The Patel leader supporters also shouted slogans like 'Hardik, Hardik.'

The party had expected a strong presence of the Patel community at the event, to affirm that the Patidars are with them in the run up to the 2017 Gujarat assembly elections.

While Hardik Patel-led PAAS has asked the community to oppose the felicitation programme, city-based prominent businessmen have formed a group called 'Patidar Abhivadan Samiti', to honour the new state BJP chief Jitu Vaghani, deputy chief minister Nitin Patel and Union ministers of Patel community.

"This felicitation of Patidar leaders is for the community, is for the state and is for the nation," said full page advertisements given in vernacular newspapers across the state by the samiti, inviting Patel community members to come in large numbers for the programme.

Apart from Shah, Chief minister Vijay Rupani and former chief minister Anandiben Patel were also present at the event.

Hardik is in Udaipur town of Rajasthan at present as the Gujarat High Court has ordered him to stay outside the state for six months as his bail condition.

SPG's Lalji Patel also said that they will boycott the programme and stage protest at the venue.

Shah's presence in the programme has led to allegations by quota agitators that it is BJP which has asked city businessmen to organise such a programme to win over the Patel community in the run up to the 2017 Gujarat elections.

Shah is also scheduled to address BJP workers meeting in Vyara town of Tapi district and inaugurate state BJP office in Surat city tomorrow.

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